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A Star to Steer Her By

A Star to Steer Her By

New episodes every Thursday! Podcasts: a frontier that isn"t actually very final at all. These are the voyages of the podcast A Star to Steer Her By. Our continuing mission: to watch every single episode of Star Trek (even the dumb ones), to comment on and snark at whatever suits our fancy, to boldly split infinitives that no man has split before. Follow our crew of Chris, Jake, Ames, and Caitlin as we explore the universe of Trek, go on wild tangents, crack wise, and make more fart jokes than

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01:08:28

Episode 22 Kirk's A Jerk

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2017/02/09

Kirk sure is in a mood this week, but while he has a pretty good excuse in "The Deadly Years," what with crazy space radiation causing him and other members of an away team to rapidly age, he seems to have no excuse in "Obsession," wherein he has been cast as a pseudo-Ahab hunting a white cloud instead of a white whale. Also this week: space feels small, Starfleet officers feel unprepared for shocks, and away team kit seems poorly thought-out. Also also: Tom Hanks. Timestamps: synopses: 1:10; The

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01:02:35

Episode 21 Set Phasers To Picante

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2017/02/02

We've got another week of doubling up! Two DC Fontana scripts bring us two stories driven by mineral rights and featuring two occasions of Kirk being rather rubbish at diplomacy. Luckily, both times he's got someone there that's better at it than him. In "Journey to Babel" it's Sarek, Vulcan ambassador and Spock's father, and in "Friday's Child" it is, remarkably, the usually-irascible Bones acting as the cooler head. Also this week: Chris can't say Orion, minor "Game of Thrones" spoilers, and Shat

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01:08:06

Ten Forward 01 Rogue One

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2017/01/26

Wait, what's going on?! Well, we've mentioned it a few times before, but we've finally done it: it's our first Ten Forward, where we're going to go anywhere from slightly to VERY off-topic. This week, it's somewhere in the middle as we take a detour into "Star Wars" and its first anthology film, "Rogue One"! SPOILERS GALORE for that one. Seriously, we ruin the ending within 5 minutes. You've been warned. We also freely discuss a lot of the rest of the franchise, tho I don't THINK we give away

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01:16:56

Episode 20 Attendance Is Compulsory

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2017/01/19

Content Warning: even for us, this one gets a bit blue. But it's not our fault! First up we have "I, Mudd," which has the show coming as close to admitting that returning antagonist Harry Mudd has concubine robots that he does strange things with as 1960s TV censors will allow. After that it's "Metamorphosis" and the first appearance of Zephram Cochrane, the human inventor of warp drive, and he's having a somewhat-uncomfortable relationship with a gas cloud which even he didn't have full

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01:05:12

Episode 19 Not A White Whale But A Black Cat

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2017/01/12

"The Doomsday Machine" hits us over the head with an unsubtle Cold War allegory so we hit back with sex toy jokes, and then "Trek" tries its hand at some light Lovecraft in "Catspaw." Also this week: Captains and Commodores; kitty fighting and fighting a cat; and Monkees and monkeys. Timestamps: synopses: 0:27; The Doomsday Machine: 7:35; Catspaw: 34:36

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01:05:00

Episode 18 Zapping In The New Year

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2017/01/05

For the first SSHB of 2017 we've got a special guest to introduce us! Kind of. Then it's off to the EEEEEEEEEVIL races in "Mirror, Mirror," before beaming down to the crappest paradise in "The Apple." Also this week: Ladyboners for Bones, the Zune, and Chris repeats a NASA urban legend which he thought was the truth. SSHB: still more accurate than your racist uncle's Facebook posts! Timestamps: synopses: 0:34; Mirror, Mirror: 4:00; The Apple: 36:58

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01:12:54

Episode 17 Scotty The (Foolhardily) Brave

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2016/12/29

One of the Jims was feeling particularly feisty this week and kept trying to join in, so apologies for the extra ambient noise this episode. Meanwhile, old gods don't die, they just fade away in "Who Mourns for Adonais," and Kirk's deadly-to-machines talking skills are on display again in "The Changeling." Also this week: gift exchange, a retraction, and a visit from both nerdJake and nerdCaitlin. Content warning: brief discussion of use of rape in Greek mythology. Timestamps: Christmas presents:

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01:28:39

Episode 16 The Best First Officer In The Fleet

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2016/12/22

This episode is particularly SPOCKtacular, when everyone's favorite Vulcan is infected by parasites in "Operation: Annihilate!" and then infected by lust in "Amok Time." Also this week: college posters, continuity, and Vulcan shade. Warning: contains spoilers for "HMS Pinafore." It...it makes sense in context. Timestamps: synopses: 0:58; Operation: Annihilate!: 5:18; Amok Time: 40:29

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01:19:00

Episode 15 The Enterprise Needs Better Security

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2016/12/15

It's a low and a high as we try desperately to find something to like in "The Alternative Factor," followed by us being shocked that too many cooks DIDN'T spoil the broth in "The City on the Edge of Forever." Also this week: blasphemy, canon consternation, and Aladdin's nipples. Timestamps: synopses: 0:44; The Alternative Factor: 6:10; The City on the Edge of Forever: 30:29

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00:52:17

Episode 14 Horta Culture And Kor Values

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2016/12/08

It's a regular Yakov Trekov this week, as pizza eats YOU in "The Devil in the Dark" and the occupied order around the soldiers in "Errand of Mercy." Also this week: a lightly musical intro, guess who isn't a bricklayer, and Kirk in a jerkin. Timestamps: synopses: 0:51; Devil in the Dark: 3:25; Errand of Mercy: 25:30

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01:04:17

Episode 13 War And Peace

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2016/12/01

It's a virtual war and we somehow don't make a "VR Troopers" joke in "A Taste of Armageddon," but we do go full classics when discussing the source of everyone's chill in "This Side of Paradise." Also this week: Starfleet shows its genocidal side, Kirk is mad at happiness, and an appearance by Foghorn Jakehorn. Timestamps: synopses: 0:49; A Taste of Armageddon: 2:34; This Side of Paradise: 35:40

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01:12:05

Episode 12 Return Of The Arkhaaaaans

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2016/11/24

It’s SSHB’s punchiest episode ever as circumstances forced us to record this one a little late! It’s another episode of milestones as Kirk talks his first computer to death in “Return of the Archons,” and then Ricardo Montalban strides onstage for his first appearance as Khan in “Space Seed.” Also this week: orgasm sticks, Jake has a bone to pick, and reminiscing about life during the Eugenics Wars in the 1990s. Timestamps: synopses: 0:30: Return of the Archons: 3:06; pizza rant: 29:02; Space Seed:

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01:10:42

Episode 11 To You, Mystery Listener

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2016/11/17

The laws of physics and sense go out the window as the "Enterprise" tumbles back through time in "Tomorrow is Yesterday," while space law threatens to bring its full might down on Kirk in "Court Martial"! Also this week: a double helping of "hey it's that guy," corrupt Starfleet brass, and Spider-Man. It'll make sense...I mean, as much sense as we ever make. Timestamps: synopses: 0:32; Tomorrow Is Yesterday: 3:00; Court Martial: 31:42

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01:17:34

Episode 10 Tallyho, Lizard Monster

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2016/11/10

In our tenth episode, we are partying with "The Squire of Gothos" and getting into the inevitable, awkward, post-party drunken brawl in "Arena." Also this week: Jake can't hear, Chris can't pronounce harpsichord, and Caitlin finally finds an episode she really, REALLY doesn't like... Timestamps: synopses: 1:01; The Squire of Gothos: 1:55; Arena: 39:38

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00:51:01

Episode 09 Awry Missions

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2016/11/03

In Episode 09 we're looking at "Shore Leave," which Chris and Ames HATE, and "The Galileo 7," which Jake and Caitlin are a bit cool on (while Ames gets annoyed at some rubbish science in it). Also this week: bad accents, bad clothes, and more bad impressions of your favorite "Trek" characters. So business as usual for SSHB. Content warning: I think a bit more swearing than usual, quite crude humor. Timestamps: synopses: 0:28; Shore Leave: 1:25; The Galileo Seven: 20:25

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01:16:35

Episode 08 All The Ship's A Stage

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2016/10/27

We've got 1/2 of your favorite Simpsons duo and the first appearance of the Romulans in "Conscience of the King" and "Balance of Terror." Also this week: Kirk is creepy, overly theatrical enemies hide in different ways, and Chris spoils a moment. All this and more (like Ames trying desperately to keep us on track) in this week's episode. Timestamps: synopses: 0:31; The Conscience of the King: 2:07; Balance of Terror: 38:10

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01:15:15

Episode 07 Gambling On A Rehash

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2016/10/20

On this week's episode, it's the final story time with Chris, and a horrible mispronunciation of "across." And it's a week of doubling up! First there's two Baloks in "The Corbomite Maneuver" and then two parts of "The Menagerie"! Two members of your cast get hung up on different aspects of an episode; two fictional coffeehouses go to war; and there's two servings of post-credit arousal. Content warning: adult language and humor. Timestamps: synopses: 0:37; The Corbomite Maneuver: 2:30; The

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01:02:36

Episode 06 If You Can't Say Something Nice, Snark

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2016/10/13

Find out what happens when you take four people that are easily annoyed by children and they watch "Miri," an episode with a planet wherein literally all the adults are dead. Also this week: two worlds that could not be more different except for their love of oversize ductwork, self-inflicted science both real and fictional, and a terrible holiday pun not of your cast's doing from "Dagger of the Mind." Timestamps: synopses: 0:32; Miri: 1:52; Dagger of the Mind: 34:06

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01:16:30

Episode 05 Artificiality

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2016/10/06

This week: McCoy talks to his junk in "Mudd's Women," Kirk goes on the shittiest carnival ride ever in "What Are Little Girls Made of?" and Jake foreshadows how much he hates Nazis. Also a serious discussion of Grace Lee Whitney's biography, her forced exit from the series, and the aftermath. Content warning: adult language, humor, discussion of sexual assault. Timestamps: synopses: 0:29; Mudd's Women: 1:45; What Are Little Girls Made Of?: 41:10

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01:16:20

Episode 04 Time For Twins

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2016/09/29

In this week's episode, we've got a shorter story time with Chris, everyone's favorite picture of Sulu in "The Naked Time," and will they/won't they between Kirk...and Kirk in "The Enemy Within"! Also: we put the final nail in the coffin of "on fleek." Content warning: adult language and humor. Timestamps: synopses: 0:38; The Naked Time: 1:51; The Enemy Within: 41:37

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